{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2070537549","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2001420.2001461","title":"The use of mutation in testing experiments and its sensitivity to external threats","display_name":"The use of mutation in testing experiments and its sensitivity to external threats","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-07-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2070537549","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2001420.2001461","mag":"2070537549"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/2001420.2001461","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2001420.2001461","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026464816","display_name":"Akbar Siami Namin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1646-7495"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12315562","display_name":"Texas Tech University","ror":"https://ror.org/0405mnx93","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Akbar Siami Namin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004093172","display_name":"Sahitya Kakarla","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12315562","display_name":"Texas Tech University","ror":"https://ror.org/0405mnx93","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sahitya Kakarla","raw_affiliation_strings":["Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12315562"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.8676,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":58,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95143282,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"342","last_page":"352"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9952999949455261,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mutation","display_name":"Mutation","score":0.6847704648971558},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6794502139091492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mutation-testing","display_name":"Mutation testing","score":0.6675183773040771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-suite","display_name":"Test suite","score":0.6047301888465881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.5629174113273621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-testing","display_name":"Software testing","score":0.5160014629364014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-strategy","display_name":"Test strategy","score":0.500993013381958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.47487255930900574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/generalization","display_name":"Generalization","score":0.44405972957611084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability-engineering","display_name":"Reliability engineering","score":0.42707327008247375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-case","display_name":"Test case","score":0.39058753848075867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.3853026032447815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.3544267416000366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.19006603956222534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.16806566715240479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/genetics","display_name":"Genetics","score":0.10323259234428406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.10055670142173767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.0940384566783905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biology","display_name":"Biology","score":0.09154793620109558}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C501734568","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42918","display_name":"Mutation","level":3,"score":0.6847704648971558},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6794502139091492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163565370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4308623","display_name":"Mutation testing","level":4,"score":0.6675183773040771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151552104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705809","display_name":"Test suite","level":4,"score":0.6047301888465881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.5629174113273621},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984328558","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188522","display_name":"Software testing","level":3,"score":0.5160014629364014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188598960","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705805","display_name":"Test strategy","level":3,"score":0.500993013381958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.47487255930900574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177148314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170084","display_name":"Generalization","level":2,"score":0.44405972957611084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.42707327008247375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128942645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1568346","display_name":"Test case","level":3,"score":0.39058753848075867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3853026032447815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.3544267416000366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.19006603956222534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.16806566715240479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.10323259234428406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.10055670142173767},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0940384566783905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.09154793620109558},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/2001420.2001461","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2001420.2001461","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2011 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309537","display_name":"Texas Tech University","ror":"https://ror.org/0405mnx93"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1976727279","https://openalex.org/W1985378987","https://openalex.org/W1992570401","https://openalex.org/W1993897010","https://openalex.org/W2004222258","https://openalex.org/W2013711971","https://openalex.org/W2027358267","https://openalex.org/W2027615005","https://openalex.org/W2058547057","https://openalex.org/W2074461890","https://openalex.org/W2077258409","https://openalex.org/W2101780873","https://openalex.org/W2102742419","https://openalex.org/W2105832118","https://openalex.org/W2107940771","https://openalex.org/W2109208297","https://openalex.org/W2112060844","https://openalex.org/W2121084350","https://openalex.org/W2122987706","https://openalex.org/W2125727889","https://openalex.org/W2126752493","https://openalex.org/W2141291123","https://openalex.org/W2159777068","https://openalex.org/W2171451409","https://openalex.org/W2568019624","https://openalex.org/W4234480656","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4299827913","https://openalex.org/W6630696253","https://openalex.org/W7038136932"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1995023328","https://openalex.org/W2731612402","https://openalex.org/W2960013457","https://openalex.org/W1598160211","https://openalex.org/W4253521920","https://openalex.org/W2179621094","https://openalex.org/W1490208943","https://openalex.org/W2599144236","https://openalex.org/W2049369550","https://openalex.org/W2953873686"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Mutation":[0],"analysts":[1],"has":[2,50],"emerged":[3],"as":[4],"a":[5],"standard":[6],"approach":[7],"for":[8],"empirical":[9,37],"assessment":[10],"of":[11,20,27,42,47,54,85,90,131,134,146],"testing":[12,21,30,103,137],"techniques.":[13],"The":[14,88],"test":[15,86,119],"practitioners":[16],"decide":[17],"about":[18],"cost-effectiveness":[19],"strategies":[22],"based":[23,149],"on":[24,150],"the":[25,29,40,45,52,128,132,157],"number":[26],"mutants":[28,43,56,74],"techniques":[31],"detect.":[32],"Though":[33],"fundamental":[34],"rigor":[35],"to":[36,108,156],"software":[38],"testing,":[39],"use":[41,133],"in":[44,94,102,136],"absence":[46],"real-world":[48],"faults":[49,59,79],"raised":[51],"concern":[53,68],"whether":[55,76],"and":[57,69,75,122,139],"real":[58],"exhibit":[60],"similar":[61],"properties.":[62],"This":[63,125],"paper":[64,96,126],"revisits":[65],"this":[66,95],"important":[67],"disseminates":[70],"interesting":[71],"findings":[72,148],"regarding":[73],"these":[77],"synthetic":[78],"can":[80],"predict":[81],"fault":[82],"detection":[83],"ability":[84],"suites.":[87],"results":[89],"controlled":[91],"experiments":[92,104],"conducted":[93],"show":[97],"that":[98,141],"mutation":[99,117,135,151],"when":[100],"used":[101],"is":[105],"highly":[106],"sensitive":[107],"external":[109],"threats":[110],"caused":[111],"by":[112],"some":[113],"influential":[114,158],"factors":[115,159],"including":[116],"operators,":[118],"suite":[120],"size,":[121],"programming":[123],"languages.":[124],"raises":[127],"awareness":[129],"message":[130],"experiment":[138],"suggests":[140],"any":[142],"interpretation":[143],"or":[144],"generalization":[145],"experimental":[147],"should":[152],"be":[153],"justified":[154],"according":[155],"involved.":[160]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}